0001606268-17-000099 4 1 20170809 20170811 20170811 Kroeker Nathan 0001613718 4 34 001-36559 171025762 2105 CITYWEST BLVD. SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77042 Spark Energy, Inc. 0001606268 4931 465453215 DE 1231 12140 WICKCHESTER LANE SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77079 (713) 600-2600 12140 WICKCHESTER LANE SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77079 4 1 wf-form4_150248462272318.xml FORM 4 FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL [ ] Check this OMB Number: box if no longer UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 3235-0287 subject to Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated Section 16. Form STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF average burden 4 or Form 5 SECURITIES hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 5. Relationship of Person * or Trading Symbol Reporting Person(s) to Kroeker Nathan Spark Energy, Inc. [ SPKE Issuer (Check all ] applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest below) _____ Other 12140 WICKCHESTER LANE SUITE 100 Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) (specify below) 8/9/2017 President & CEO (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or HOUSTON, TX 77079 Original Filed Joint/Group Filing (Check (City) (State) (Zip) (MM/DD/YYYY) Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. 4. Securities Acquired (A) or 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed Code Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Direct (D) Indirect Execution (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially or Indirect (I) Beneficial Date, if Owned Following (Instr. 4) Ownership (Instr. any Reported 4) Transaction(s) (A) (Instr. 3 and 4) or Code V Amount (D) Price Series A Preferred 8/9/2017 P 1000 A $26.41 (2) 1000 D Stock (1) Series A Preferred 8/10/2017 P 1000 A $26.3038 (3) 2000 D Stock (1) Series A Preferred 8/11/2017 P 1775 A $26.3008 (4) 3775 D Stock (1) Class A Common Stock 56266 (5) D Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. 3. 3A. 4. Trans. 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Trans. Deemed Code Derivative and Expiration Date Securities Underlying of derivative Ownership of Security or Date Execution (Instr. 8) Securities Derivative Security Derivative Securities Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise Date, if Acquired (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Price of any Disposed of (D) (Instr. 5) Owned Security: Ownership Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 and Following Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Security 5) Reported or Transaction(s) Indirect Date Expiration Amount or (Instr. 4) (I) Exercisable Date Title Number of (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Shares Restricted Class A Stock Unit (6) (6) (6) Common 157750.0 157750 (7) D Stock Explanation of Responses: (1) The full name of the Series A Preferred Stock is "8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock." (2) The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $26.38 to $26.44, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Spark Energy, Inc., any security holder of Spark Energy, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. (3) The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $26.18 to $26.44, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Spark Energy, Inc., any security holder of Spark Energy, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. (4) The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $26.17 to $26.40, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Spark Energy, Inc., any security holder of Spark Energy, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. (5) This amount reflects the effect of a two-for-one stock split of the Company's Common Stock for all shares of record on June 5, 2017, and reports the corrected number of 28,133 pre-split shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common Stock") based on a correction of a calculation error reported on Form 4/A filed on August 8, 2017 for the reporting person. (6) Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents a right to receive, upon vesting, one share of Class A Common Stock of Spark Energy, Inc., cash, or a combination of both. Each RSU includes tandem dividend equivalents which will vest upon the same schedule and pays out upon vesting and payout of the underlying award of RSUs to which the dividend equivalent payment relates. (7) This amount reflects the effect of a two-for-one stock split of the Company's RSUs and underlying Class A Common Stock for all shares of record on June 5, 2017, and reports the corrected number of 78,875 pre-split RSUs based on a correction of a calculation error reported on Form 4/A filed on August 8, 2017 for the reporting person. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Kroeker Nathan 12140 WICKCHESTER LANE SUITE 100 X President & CEO HOUSTON, TX 77079 Signatures /s/ Nathan Kroeker, by Gil Melman as Attorney-in-Fact 8/11/2017 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.